I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
According to The Detroit Free Press, Michigan’s senior Senator Carl Levin is “livid” that Citigroup is buying a brand new $50 million jet for company execs.
I can understand why he’s mad: Could the money to purchase the jet be pinched from the $45 billion which Citigroup received from taxpayer “bailout” money? Meanwhile auto execs were shamed into agreeing to sell their private jets in exchange to convince congress that they needed a $17.4 billion bailout.
But wasn’t Levin a supporter of bailout package that awarded Citigroup the extra money in the first place? He voted for the bailout, anyway. (Fortunately, Citigroup’s management wised up and axed delivery of the jet.)
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